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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. N. MOORE, of North Oohocton, in the county of Steuben, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ploughs and I do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view Aof my improved plough.

Figure 2 is a detail back view of the same.

Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to the employment of ploughs for billing corn or other cultivated growth, which is planted in rows, and which requires the soil ploughed or heaped upon its roots once or more during its cultivation.

It consists of cutting-knives or Scrapers attached laterally to the ploughshare, at a short distance above the plough-point, together with lateral wooden wings and curved corners of the share, for the purpose of deliveringoi the soil more eli'ectivel'y, and hilling it'up against the roots of corn orother vegetation.

In the drawings, A is the vploughshare, which is made with a V-shaped convexity, and also with the corners of the share bent forward, as shown at a on the figures. b b are the scrapcrs or knives, and are bolted tothe share with* countersunk bolts. `These knives are slightly twisted, so as to bring-their cutting-edges parallel with the ground. el d are the wings, which are made of hickory or other hard wood, and are bolted to the share with countersunk bolts. The wings are attached tothe share by means of one or more bolts through a longi tudinal slot, e, which slot permits the adjustment of the said wings, as occasion may require. Both the knives and the wings are bolted'to the share on its rear or under side. The bent corners are for the purpose of assisting the lateral delivery of the soil from oil' the plough, and for preventing the former from falling over and around the share back into the furrow, and conduces greatly to thc perfect Working of the plough. The wings are shortened or lengthened, as the roots of the growth to be hilled up are much extended or not.

I am aware that Paul Dennis,has obtained Letters Patent for a lateral attachment to ploughs, somewhat similar to mine, but his inventxm does not contemplate the preliminary scraping of the ground, nor is his device available for the purposes accomplished by niy attachment. In his invention (see No. 55,630) the wings are mercvanes attached tocthe. upper corncrsof the share, thus precluding the bent formation of the corners of the same, which is an important and indispensable adjustment, as without them the soil will not be so effect- I ually delivered off laterally, but a portion will vpass over` behindthe share,

The most effective location of the wings is at the point shown in the drawings, that is, midway between the corners a and the scraper. -When used for hilling hop or .grape-vines, the scraper and wing of one side only are used, for the rows are generally too wide apartto admit of the successful performance of both, but when corn is the plant cultivated, both wings or both Scrapers are to be used at the same time.

In the iirst instance' -the knife of one side only is put on, and ythe ground passed over, whereby the grass and stray vegetation will be cut up and eradicated. The wing is then attached, and the plough guided along one Aside of one row Iand returning along the next, thus requiring two furrows to each row.A In cultivating corn, however, both sides can be used at once, as the rows are more approximated. I-Ieretofore the common shovel-plough was ine'ectually employed in billing vegetation, as, from its shape, the soil falls back into the furrow to a great extent, and none oflthe soil is delivered far enough from theA plough to satisfactorily accomplish the object desired, while close ploughing is impossible with some crops, as the injury of the roots would result; and in some cases the common shovel-plough was so ine'ectual thatthe hilling of the crops was performed altogether by hand-hoes. l Myimprovem-ents enable the billing of corn and other crops to-bc thoroughly and etfectually accomplished, and thus supplies an agricultural implement much needed.

I claim as new, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. Theemployment of Scrapers Zfand wings d, either separately or together, in combinatiOn with a plough, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. The slotted' wing d, substantially as shown and described, in combination with a plough, for the purposes set forth.

3. The Vcurved corners a of a plough, substantially as shown and described, in combination witlrthe wings d, for accomplishing the more perfect lateral delivery of the soil, all as set forth.

. A. N. MOORE.

Witnesses:

Isaac W. Sacon, FRANK A. Wnrmonn; 

